When I Grow Up......

Fishing is a family affair right?  Travis decided we should go fishing on Saturday morning. (okay this is an old post because it was a couple of Saturdays ago.)  I wanted to go running because it is one day I can go no a long run without the stroller.  Travis suggested I go run out at Newton while he fishes with Sawyer and Kyle.  Great idea we both got what we wanted.  

When I returned I found Sawyer wet from the waist down about.  Apparently he was throwing rocks and it wasn't cutting it from throwing them from the shore.  He needed to get in the water and throw the rocks.  Silly child.  

Couldn't be happier, he has a stick and a big one at that to whack somebody. 

Here Dad I know which one you need

Rubber Ducky, You're the One

We are trying to squeeze the last bit of fun out of every last day of warm weather before it turns cold again.  We took the opportunity to get rid of some of our old bread and help out some ducks oh and geese.  Lets not forget the huge kind of scary geese.  It was amazing how the ducks and geese swarmed over to us.  I was a little nervous once all the birds started closing in because I have seen geese attack and it is not pretty.  I don't even know what I would do if one of those big geese attacked me.  Hence, why Travis, the much more calm parent has Sawyer.  They say animals smell fear and I am sure it permeates from me a lot.  You would never think I was a veterinarians daughter.  

Well the birds did not attack but they were getting really close to eating my hand with the bread. After we ran out of bread we walked around trying to find a safe place to let Sawyer explore.  He found sticks and rocks, his favorite toys.  Sometimes I really wonder why we ever buy toys.

What?

Sawyer got a hold of some stickers.  He thought they were pretty cool until both hands were covered and he couldn't get them off.  Okay I may have helped a little with sticking the stickers all over.  

Weekend Fun

Time sure has been flying lately.  Last week was full of a lot of fun experiences.  On Wednesday we had my cousin Lori Anne and her family over for dinner.  We decided to do dutch oven instead of try to go out with three little ones.  I am sure that Lori's girls are angels but my little guy is a little bit of a hand full sometimes.  It was fun visiting and eating.  Sorry no pictures.  

Friday night was had a date with our friends the Hollands, Tom and Sam.  We were going to go to the mountains and have a little cookout but decided it would be better to just cook at home.  Just because we didn't have a fire does not mean we couldn't enjoy the same food we were going to have though.  We made tin foil dinners and for dessert, S'mores treats.  It was fun talking and laughing with old friends.  We probably kept them out way too late, the same with Lori Anne and her family.  

The boys were sitting on the toy just fine but ask for a picture and Sawyer got a little distraught. 

 Saturday was completely devoted to football for Travis.  Well almost.  I got up and went running on an amazing trail here in Logan.  After I returned home though Travis informed me that last year a girl was attacked on this trail.  The girl got away but I was completely shocked that something like that would happen here in Logan.  We showered up (well I showered up, I didn't want to fumigate everybody) and headed to Travis' cousins for the USU v. Auburn game and the BYU v. Ole Miss game.  We were pretty upset about the Aggies loss.  It was a great game though.  BYU game, not so exciting until the last quarter.  

Monday we decided to have a little adventure and headed over to the Minnetonka Cave by Bear Lake.  We didn't really know what we were getting ourselves into.  Travis had gone fishing that morning so he asked if I could drive over.  I agreed but after driving about ten minutes in the canyon wish I didn't.  It is not that I don't like driving but there were so many people and they kept coming into my lane on the turns.  Hello people, I don't have anywhere besides this river on my side of me to go there isn't much a shoulder.  We made it in one piece though.  Although Travis informed me he thought I was driving too fast.  Silly Travis he was just dreaming we were racing. When we arrived at the cave we could not get into a tour for an hour and a half. We were starving so we headed down to Montpelier for some grub.  We got to see some beautiful country on the drive and a near miss of a lady who was taking a picture of the tabernacle in Paris, ID and decided she didn't need to watch for traffic.  We got back to the caves with a little time to spare.  We put on some warm clothes, the cave is 40 degrees.  For a Cache Valley person, I thought "eh 40 degrees that isn't too cold" , I was horribly mistaken. My toes were freezing, and my flimsy jacket was not very warm. The cave was pretty fun to walk through.  It had huge rooms and a lot of stairs.  Sawyer enjoyed it once he got out of his carrier.  He was really excited about all the rocks.  He kept wanting to hold the rocks and well of course eat them.  

Travis drove us safely home.  We decided to take advantage of our favorite snow cone shack before it closes for the season.  What a great week!    

Time Marches On

Monday marked the first official day of Travis starting his Masters Degree in Engineering.  We are in the home stretch people, I can officially see an end in sight (Is anybody else jumping for joy with me?) which is awesome but sad at the same time.   I have really enjoyed our time here in Logan.  This town is like a small town but with everything you need.  We have an awesome University to bring us a little culture, we have just about any store you would possibly ever need- except Target which is a little disappointing- but we have 2 Wal-Marts to make up for it.  We have tons of restaurants, and bowling alleys, movie theaters, running trails, a temple, the list goes on an on and on.  I am really going to miss the town when and if we have to move.
Well, on to the point of this blog post.  Monday Travis called me and told me he needed me to bring him a check.  I thought okay but how do you suppose I get it to you since you have the car.  He said judging by the time I had probably not gone running and I should walk to campus instead.  If anybody has been to my house you know that campus is just a small little dot you can see from my house.  It seemed miles and miles away but I have always wanted to walk there to see how long it would take me.
I loaded Sawyer in the jogging stroller, grabbed some water, and headed up to campus.  It took us about an hour.  I don't really know how far it is for sure but I do know it is farther than 4.5 miles.  When I got to campus, for the first time, I felt so out of place.  I was dressed in my workout clothes, while everybody around me was dressed in their "first day of school outfits".  I was pushing a stroller, and I realized I am OLD.  Well, not really just a lot older than all those college freshmen.  I have been in the college mode for so long and always thought of myself as around college age, but I quickly realized I am not such a young 'um anymore.  I can not believe that the incoming freshmen were born in like 1992 or 1993. Crazy, I was already in elementary school.
Travis met us for lunch at the TSC. We had a great time and indulged in some good food. Sawyer enjoyed showing off for all those who would watch him.  Luckily, Travis let us take the car home so we didn't have to walk again, not that it would have been bad going home, it would have been all downhill.  I hope we don't take this year last year in Logan for granted and live it to the fullest.

Is this a good activity?

I was reminded of my favorite comedian, Brian Reagan and his skit about the Sun Stare, on Saturday when the Elders Quorum of our Ward planned an activity.  In the morning they did service, "a very good activity".  In the afternoon they had a BBQ and a 10 ft x 100 ft Slip N' Slide, "the questionable activity".  We had a lot of good laughs.  The kids really enjoyed the slide but didn't get very far on their own.  Hence, the use of the water balloon launcher to launch people down the slide.  It made the ride so much smoother and a lot faster.  The "Men" of the ward all did a train, I guess you could call it one right after another going down the slide.  They were hilarious to watch.  I know they all have a few bumps and bruises from the slide though.  Apparently, we aren't as young as we all think we are.  All in all though we all had a great time.  

Sawyer really liked this little kiddie pool.  

Sawyer was our official hose holder.  He would not leave the hose alone.  Good thing he only really squirted himself.  He would look around like "Who just did that?"

Yep, even us adults used the water balloon launcher.  I was awful when I tried to run and slide by myself.  I am a little bit of a chicken.  The first time I went I was laughing and screaming.  I forgot to close my mouth.  Always close your mouth!!! I got a mouth full of grassy, soapy water. 

We decided to re-purpose the kiddie pool.  It actually did much better than we all expected.

Great ride for all the little kiddos

Arachnophobia

The other morning when Travis was putting out the garbage he noticed the first creepy crawler on the side of our house.  EWWWW!!! I probably would have fainted had I discovered it first.  Seriously, I was getting nauseous when we were trying to catch it.  Travis was so bold as to try to have me hold the bottle while he used to lid to scoop it in.  "Are you crazy?!" were my exact words I believe.  We wanted to identify the spider.  Apparently, it is a female Hobo spider.  This other spider was found inside our house.  This is after Travis sprayed outside and inside our house.  I think we need another round of spray.  I wouldn't want Sawyer finding one of these "little" friends.  By the way these photos don't do justice to how big these spiders actually are.  YUCK!!!!